Name change (need a middle name)

At the moment I’m [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] and I’m changing my name (my original name is [name_m]Fabian[/name_m]). I’m not going to go into why I’m changing it because it’s a lot to explain but I’m 18 so I can change it now. Not trying to be rude but please don’t do the “[name_m]Fabian[/name_m] is so pretty, you should keep it” stuff :slight_smile:

For context, I live and was raised in an anglo country but i’m also sorta [name_m]German[/name_m]. ([name_m]German[/name_m] family, fluent in [name_m]German[/name_m], am [name_m]German[/name_m]) ect.

I’ve found a lot of decent names and stuff nothing really has clicked into place if that makes sense. I do have some ideas like [name_m]Karl[/name_m] or [name_m]Kalle[/name_m] (the meaning of this one is pretty important to me) but also stuff like [name_m]Markus[/name_m] [name_m]Augustus[/name_m] [name_m]Octavius[/name_m] [name_m]Carsten[/name_m] [name_m]Johannes[/name_m] [name_m]Valentin[/name_m] and [name_u]Konstantin[/name_u]. Adding onto that, there’s [name_m]Leander[/name_m] and [name_m]Johannes[/name_m] but I already have people in my family named that.

So the issue is I have a massive list of names but nothing is really clicking, I don’t mind if they’re Russian, Greek, [name_m]German[/name_m], Scandinavian, Latin or anything in that vein.
Does anyone have an idea, please help me :slight_smile:

Since the meaning of [name_m]Kalle[/name_m] is important to you (free man), I’ll suggest names that have meanings related to freedom:
[name_u]Amadi[/name_u] (African origin, means “free man”)
[name_u]Armani[/name_u] (Persian origin, means “free man”)
[name_m]Carleton[/name_m] (English origin, means “settlement of free men”)
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]/[name_u]Charlie[/name_u] ([name_m]German[/name_m]/[name_m]French[/name_m] origin (derived from [name_m]Karl[/name_m]!), means “free man”)
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m] (English origin, means “free landholder”)
[name_u]Francis[/name_u] (Latin origin, means “free man”)
[name_u]Free[/name_u] (very obvious, but middle names aren’t used that often!)
[name_m]Kymani[/name_m] (African origin, means “adventurous traveler” - I personally associate travel with feeling free of the burdens left at home, sorry if it’s a stretch!)
Lisandre (Greek origin, means “liberator”)
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m] (Greek origin, means “liberator” - similar sounds to [name_m]Leander[/name_m]!)

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] at least some of this was helpful! If you have any other meanings that are important to you, that might be a nice route to follow - names with personal meaning tend to click more :slight_smile:

[name_m]Just[/name_m] some ideas that popped into my head

[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Kurt[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Nicolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Malachi[/name_m]
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Lucian[/name_m]

Thank you for the replies and sorry for taking so long to reply.

[name_m]Nicolai[/name_m] or [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] + also [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] sounds pretty good. I’ve also been considering [name_u]Konstantin[/name_u] [name_m]Virgil[/name_m] so 2 lastnames. Since I saw someone mention [name_m]Virgil[/name_m] and it sounds pretty snazzy but it sounds off kilter with the [name_u]Konstantin[/name_u] and the [name_m]Andreas[/name_m].

And yea traveling gives freedom vibes for me aswell.

Thanks to Behind the Name, I searched by origin and usage to find a few :slight_smile: hope the rest of the process goes smoothly!

[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Bastian[/name_m] ([name_m]German[/name_m])
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Carsten[/name_m]/[name_u]Karsten[/name_u] (Low [name_m]German[/name_m], Danish)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_u]Dominik[/name_u] ([name_m]German[/name_m], etc)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Justus[/name_m] ([name_m]German[/name_m], etc)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_u]Kristian[/name_u] (Swedish, etc)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_u]Marlen[/name_u] (Russian)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_f]Orla[/name_f] (Danish)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Pascal[/name_m] ([name_m][name_u]French[/name_u][/name_m], [name_m]German[/name_m], etc)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Patrik[/name_m] (Swedish, Czech, etc)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Silvester[/name_m] ([name_m]Dutch[/name_m], etc)
[name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_m]Stellan[/name_m] (Swedish)

Yea I’ve looked at stuff like [name_m]Carsten[/name_m]/[name_u]Karsten[/name_u] and also [name_m]Justus[/name_m]. I vibe with it. [name_m]Justus[/name_m] was also the name of a character in a [name_m]German[/name_m] translation of a kids mystery book series so I have good happy associations with it. I havn’t heard [name_m]Stellan[/name_m] but the name sounds nice.

I’ve also been thinking of [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] so [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] or [name_m]Andreas[/name_m] [name_u]Konstantin[/name_u] and both sounds good with my last name. If I wanted to go the K route, I could also with [name_m]Karl[/name_m] or [name_u]Karsten[/name_u]

Yikes just remembered the association between R [name_u]Kelly[/name_u] and the name kelly when I was only interested in the name because of the australian outlaw [name_m]Ned[/name_m] [name_u]Kelly[/name_u]